again, it's the council that's in alameda county.t's the hispanic community affairs council of alameda county, and there is their web address for more information. any final thoughts before we let you go? hector: well, one thing is that, so, we are fundraising more, but we also would like to recruit more board members. so, if there's any board members that are specialists in accounting or specialists in, like, sales, we would love to get some resumes and some cover letters through our website so we can do some interviews and hopefully be a part of our board in 2019. damian: all right, good luck to you. hector: thank you very much. damian: good work. damian: that's a great program. up next here on "comunidad del valle," the bravo band. stay with us. at at&t, we believe in access. the opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. connecting with the things that matter most. and because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet, we've created access from at&t. california households with at least one resident who receives

and the flight crew telling alameda county deputies passengers were unruly."here w passengers in there at all, if anything, the kids were super well behaved.">deseree torres from newark was just bagettck f family, she didn't think she and all the other passengers on board would have to wait on standby - for three hours - on the tarmac, the time almost as long as their flight. cell phone video shows it was a full flight - apparently the air crew did not communicate what was happening as the hours went by..passengers wanted answers..as to why the plane was stuck on the tarmac that long to begin with..sgt ray kelly with the alameda county sheriff's off

ray kelly/alameda county sheriff: "she's from the northwest part of alameda county, went from the san leandro waste management transfer station, went through that, it was loaded into a landfill truck.">as investigators look into exactly what happened.. evidence suggests a homicide. ( robin ) another big story we're following --- protesters gathered outside a modesto courtroom as the alleged killer of a newman police officer made his first appearance wednesday. the case is attracting national attention... because the suspect is here in the united states illegally. ( robin ) gustavo arriaga showed up wednesday to be arraigned in the death of officer ron-il singh. reporter kay recede has more on what happened inside the courtroom ... and talked with officers, as well as protestors outside. newman police officers-- family and friends of corporal ronil

about this all. in alameda county terisa estacio (catherine) (catherine) next at 5:30...we officially have a new governor. gavin newsom was sworn in today. our political analyst michael yaki joins us live to talk about the promises he's now making to the state of california. (grant) and a woman serving a life sentence for killing a real estate agent-- is granted clemency. why cyntoia brown's case drew so much support from many high profile people. the question isn't whether he should be impeached any more. he's the most corrupt president in american history. and we all know it. the question now is, how fast can we move past this president so we can build a more just and prosperous future? please, join the more than 6.5 million americans who are demanding action now. because there's nothing more powerful than the unified voice of the american people. together, we will make this happen. need to impeach is responsible for the content of this ad. "she just lit up with a joy i've never seen before." (grant) a tennessee woman learns that her life sentence for murder has been co

but plans are already underway for the old oakland-alameda county coliseum site. (robin) and here's a live look outside... at the embarcadero. (robin) welcome back. checking in on your morning forecast. getting spoiled this week as nice weather continues. much like yesterday skies will remain sunny and dry and under those inviting skies temperatures will continues to boost for parts of the bay well into the low to mid 60's. temperatures will further rise into the weekend ahead of us. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101. ( robin ) the oakland athletics continue plans to build a new waterfront ballpark in the jack london square neighborhood... and now the team's president shared the organization's new vision for what would happen to the existing coliseum site. here's kron four's philippe djegal with the details. (philippe)dave kaval/nats- "we're going to put the best possible people, who care for this city, together

it is certainly upset about this all. in alameda county terisa estacio (pam) p-g-and-e stock took a huge hit on wall street today -- amid reports that the company is considering filing for bankruptcy filing for considering the company is estacio county terisa in alameda county terisa estacio (pam) (pam) p-g-and-e stock took a huge hit on wall street today -- amid reports that the company is considering filing for bankruptcy protection. the utility faces potentially tens of billions of dollars in liability damages for its confirmed role in some wildfires... and alleged role in several others last year ... such as the deadly camp fire... the cause of that fire has yet to be determined, but p-g&e reported an outage around the time the fire broke out in the same place where the fire ignited. another transmission line failed a short time later, which may have been the cause of a second fire. p-g&e stock fell 22 percent on the news. this is just the latest severe sell- off for the company since november. (ken) the consumer the consumer electronics show kicks off tomorrow in las vegas. we'll sh

in alameda county, philippe djegal, kron four news. well, it may be the hottest ticket in town... as basketball star steph curry ... will host a free concert for young warriors fans tomorrow.(ken) tickets for the concert were given away today in oakland... that is where we join kron four's terisa estacio... she is live at a pop up store where fans lined up to get a golden ticket. ... it sure was a crazy scene... everyone wanting a ticket to this concert put on by curry and friends... the first 225 people got tickets, and they were gone really fast.... like minutes... that made some people not very happy, but others took it in stride. yeah, i was disappointed, i came here at 11am, i knew it was a long shot, actually, i came here yesterday, and then back again. i am hurt. yeah, i wanted a ticket. fans outside this pop up store on 9th street - all eager to get a ticket to a concert put on by steph curry to honor his 10 year anniversary playing with the warriors in oakland and the global launch of the curry 6 basketball shoe. a pair of tickets were given to the first 225 people in lin

over 106- thousand alameda county residents rely on food stamps.un out of federal money. it provides food and nutrition services for families raising young children. looking for someone who robbed a mountain mikes pizza restaurant in walnut creek. it happened late yesterday morning ... just before 11:30 ... and the business on ygnacio valley road. the robber was last seen driving this white, ford focus with license plate number 8-e-g-y- 7-4-5. number 8-e-g-y-license plate focus with license plate number 8-e-g-y-7-4-5. ( james ) police are searching for a man who impersonated a "meals on wheels" employee last week. reports say the man was outside of the safeway on shattuck avenue asking for donations. police say the man ran away after being confronted by an actual meals on wheels employee. the suspect is described as a man in his 60's about six feet tall, last seen wearing a white meals on wheels t-shirt. ( darya )coming up plus... s classroom. detai tentative deal that ends a strike that lasted more than a week. ( darya ) and a new warning for peop

programs and social services to help the homeless and it was just announced over the weekend that alameda countyut $33.5 million from hud housing and urban developed federal agency to fund some of the programs that operate in the county. the work is already underway to do the count so that in the coming years they can continue to get the money from the federal government to help the homeless. live in oakland, allie rasmus ktvu fox 2 news. >>> contra costa county holding the homeless that this are: tears spreading out across the entire county to find people who do not have a permanent place to live. physically people living on the streets or in shelters. the county conducted a similar count and found more than 2200 people who are homeless. contra costa county officials say the results of this years survey will not be available for several weeks. >>> california pizza kitchen is holding a big fundraiser today for the family of newman police officer runoff thing. officers think he was sonic held morning after his arrest. he had pulled over a suspected drunk driver. he survived by his wife and event

doing the count is required by the federal government, but oakland in alameda county can get grants and fund from the government so that they can fund some of the homeless programs and homeless services here in the county. that is for the coming years. over the weekend, alameda county did receive about $32 million in funding from hud from the last homeless census. that is money that will be used to help house the people who are living on the streets in oakland and alameda county. the volunteers here are about to head out. there are six places in alameda county where volunteers like this are gathering. they will be doing that count countywide. the district here is going to be following them. they will go throughout oakland and will continue to have updates on what they do and the work that they do throughout the morning show. we are live in oakland. allie rasmussen. ktvu fox 2 news. >>> meantime, one of the stars of empire is in the hospital after he was attacked in chicago. police are calling it a possible hate crime. jussie smollett, a native of santa rosa, is african-american and came

over 106- thousand alameda county residents rely on food stamps.it provides food and nutrition services for families raising young children. ( james ) furloughed t-s-a workers are at risk of missing their second paycheck due to the government shutdown. at oakland airport, southwest airlines went the extra mile to help them out. yesterday ... the airline offered t-s-a employees free barbeque all day. <"i think it's the litte things. um, i think any sign of appreciation to let them know that we care about them, um, goes a long ways.">( james ) last week, the alameda county community food bank stepped up and donated more than 300 bags of food for furloughed t-s-a agents. ( james ) president trump and house speaker nancy pelosi remain at odds over the state of the union address. the white house says it's moving ahead with plans for trump to deliver his address at the capitol next week. even though pelosi hasn't given the green light. she appears firm in her request that trump postpone the speech until the government reopens. trump will not be able to d

over 106- thousand alameda county residents rely on food stamps.he "wic" program could also run out of federal money. it provides food and nutrition services for families raising young children. ( james ) furloughed t-s-a workers are at risk of missing their second paycheck due to the government shutdown. at oakland airport, southwest airlines went the extra mile to help them out. yesterday ... the airline offered t-s-a employees free barbeque all day. <"i think it's the litte things. um, i think any sign of appreciation to let them know that we care about them, um, goes a long ways.">( james ) last week, the alameda county community food bank stepped up and donated more than 300 bags of food for furloughed t-s-a agents. ( james ) president trump and house speaker nancy pelosi remain at odds over the state of the union address. the white house says it's moving ahead with plans for trump to deliver his address at the capitol next week. even though pelosi hasn't given the green light. she appears firm in her request that trump postpone the speech unt

ray kelly/alameda county sheriff: "she's from the northwest part of alameda county, went from the san leandro waste management transfer station, went through that, it was loaded into a landfill truck.">as investigators look into exactly what happened.. evidence suggests a homicide. (gayle)an autopsy is scheduled tomorrow to determine the exact cause of the death.in the meantime, investigators are also tracking the previous loads that were brought in to the landfill from the western side of the county.live in livermore gayle ong kron 4 news. (ken) a teenage boy is in critical condition after being struck by a hit and run driver. it happened in oakland on 35th street near san leandro street. the 14 year old boy was on his bike when he was hit by a car and then dragged for four blocks. investigators did recover the car. now they are asking the driver

and the flight crew telling alameda county deputies passengers were unruly.on aeromexico flight 662..the plane was traveling from guadalajara, mexico to s-f-o..thursday morningbecause of thick fog...the flight was diverted to oakland international airport.. deseree torres from newark was just getting back from mexico visiting family, she didn't think she and all the other passengers on board would have to wait on standby - for three hours - on the tarmac, the time almost as long as their flight. cell phone video shows it was a full flight - apparently the air crew did not communicate what was happening as the hours went by..passengers wanted answers..

ray kelly/alameda county sheriff: "she's from the northwest part of alameda county, went from the sano waste management transfer station, went through that, it was loaded into a landfill truck.">as investigators look into exactly what happened.. evidence suggests a homicide. ( james ) also in the east bay ... a mexican tourist was injured by gunfire ... just 12-minutes into the new year. the 28-year-old victim was at a new years eve party at a san leandro home on east 14th street. police say he was standing in the backyard ... when the bullet grazed his hand. they are investigating where the gunfire came from. ( darya )on the peninsula... palo alto police have arrested this man.. 28-year-old daniel alveraz, who they say is responsible for sexually assaulting a woman. the assault happened early saturday morning, on el camino real in palo alto. a wom

we have another update from the alameda county sheriff's office. all the passengers have cleared

it is certainly upset about this all. in alameda county terisa estacio ( robin ) a weekend storm is believed to be responsible for the death of a novato man when a 120- foot tree came crashing down on his car just outside the greek theatre at u-c berkeley. kron 4's dan kerman explains what the university is doing to make sure other trees will not come down... with more stormy weather on the way. you are looking a cell phone video captured sunday afternoon after this massive eucalyptus tree, came crashing down on top of a vehicle outside the greek theater at uc berkeley. 32 year old alexander grant of novato was in the car and died at the scene.sot dan zevin/works on campus :15sot rafael votello/just graduated :19 monday students and staff walked by this stretch of gayley road as tree crews cut up the 120 foot tree, and took down another one beside it.sot vanessa quintana/student :33 sot paul lum/works on campus :39while the tree that fell was not identified as being in need of care or e" "we are taking immediate steps to assess whether we can learn anything from the condition of the fallen t

over 106- thousand alameda county residents rely on food stamps. program could also run out of federal money. it provides food and nutrition services for families raising young children. (á2 shotá)( darya ) in this morning's hidden history series we visit a little kansas town with a big story about survival after slavery. ( james ) ashonti ford visited nicodemus, kansas -- the only remaining western town established by freed slaves. (angela bates, director of historical society - "slavery produced in us -- a spirit of determination") --- ashonti --- and áátenacity --- to town -- from the ground up.hist (angela bates, director of historical society - "they were solicited. it was an organized effort to create a town and to solicit people that could make it in this town") but angela bates -- director of the historical society says -- when they arrived -- there was nothing but dirt roads and the nearest town -- ellis -- was a 2-day walk away. (angela bates, director of historical society - "what you have is a situation where people are pretty much star

ray kelly/alameda county sheriff: "she's from the northwest part of alameda county, went from the saneandro waste management transfer station, went through that, it was loaded into a landfill truck.">as investigators look into exactly what happened.. evidence suggests a homicide.

and the flight crew telling alameda county deputies passengers were unruly.on aeromexico flight 662..deseree torres/passenger: "there was no unruly passengers in there at all, if anything, the kids were super well behaved.">deseree torres from newark was just getting back from mexico visiting family, she didn't think she and all the other passengers on board would have to wait on standby - for three hours - on the tarmac, the time almost as long as their flight. cell phone video shows it was a full flight - apparently the air crew did not communicate what was happening as the hours went by..passengers wanted answers..as to why the plane was stuck on the tarmac that long to

would not necessarily look. >> reporter: the federal government announced it was warning awarding alameda county money for grants. that was based on the last homeless count done in the county in 2017. >>> thank you. oakland's first tuff shed community has been taken down. they say that sheds went up on private land under a one-year lease that has expired. the sheds can temporarily house the 40 people are gone. the city said that two thirds of the people who used the community are off the streets. there are three other tuff shed communities operating in oakland and they are expected to open in the coming months. it is not clear when or where they will be. >>> contra counselor cost the county is conducting their count. they conducted a single count last year found that 2200 people were homeless. >>> the opiate epidemic is a growing problem in the city of san francisco. the latest estimate shows that san francisco has more drug addicts than they have students enrolled in public high schools. there are 16,000 students in the city. that is an increase of about 2000 drug users 2012. the last time a st

and the flight crew telling alameda county deputies passengers were unruly.on aeromexico flight 662..the plane was traveling from guadalajara, mexico to s-f-o..thursday morningbecause of thick fog...the flight was diverted to oakland international airport.. deseree torres from newark was just getting back from mexico visiting family, she didn't think she and all the other passengers on board would have to wait on standby - for three hours - on the tarmac, the time almost as long as their flight. cell phone video shows it was a full flight - apparently the air crew did not communicate what was happening as the hours went by..passengers wanted answers..

to fund housing services in alameda county and oakland. from the federal government from the last homeless count in 2017 to help fund programs here. we are on the move and following a group of about five volunteers with a guide going through the neighborhood in west oakland near the area. they will go block block counting the number of people living without shelter out here on the streets. >>> contra costa county is hosting its homeless census today. there find people do have a permanent place to live. that includes people living on the streets and in shelters. the county conducted a similar count last year and found more than 2200 people do not have homes. the officials say that the results of this year's survey will be available in several weeks. >>> the reason so many cities and counties conducted the homeless count is so that they can get federal grants to help with shelter, food, and medical care for people who have nowhere else to turn. most of the money comes from the department of housing and urban development. saturday, they annou

ray kelly/alameda county sheriff: "she's from the northwest part of alameda county, went from the san leandro waste management transfer station, went through that, it was loaded into a landfill truck.">as investigators look into exactly what happened.. evidence suggests a homicide. an autopsy is scheduled tomorrow to determine the exact cause of the death.in the meantime, investigators are also tracking the previous loads that were brought in to the landfill from the western side of the county.live in livermore gayle ong kron 4 news. (ken) san jose mayor sam liccardo is going home from the hospital -- after he was hit by a car while riding his bicycle. kron 4's rob fladeboe has details of the accident and the latest on the mayor's condition from san jose. (pam) san jose. (pam) protesters gathered outside a modesto courtroom .. as the alleged killer

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last march, kaval says the a's made an offer to the city of oakland and alameda county, which jointlywn the coliseum site... to work out a land deal this year, to either purchase or lease the property. oakland vice mayor larry reid says those talks are on-going.larry reid/vice mayor- "the city's efforts is to try to get the county to sell the land to us, uh, just one public entity that the a's have to deal with." meanwhile, the a's reaffirmed their plans to build a new ballpark at howard terminal in jack london square. with hopes the park will open in the year 20-23. in oakland, philippe djegal, kron four news. (pam) an encouraging crime statistic from sacramento. we'll tell you what's happened there.... for the first time in four decades. in tonight's installment of our hidden history series ... we visit a little town with a big story about survival... after slavery. (ken) ashonti ford visited nicodemus, kansas -- the only remaining western town established by freed slaves. (angela bates, director of historical society - "slavery produced in us -- a spirit of determination") --- asho

ray kelly/alameda county sheriff's office: "at this point everybody is stabilized, we'll work with the fbi, we're working with the airport, working with customs, to make sure everybody gets to where they need to get to."> the plane has been towed to a gate here..passengers have been cleared by u-s customs and have been given food and refreshments..we reached out to aeromexico to get answers but have not heard back but i did see one passenger take to twitter and the airline responded to them and refereed them to their customer service live.we are live in oakland gayle ong kron 4 news (pam) (pam) we first told you about this story through a push alert. make sure you download the kron4 mobile app to always get breaking news in your neighborhood. (ken) this is what the fog looked like at the bay bridge toll plaza today. c-h-p oakland tweeted out this video... of dense fog blocking visibility ... reminding drivers to be safe. (ken)and in san francisco today.dense fog causing low visibility for people on the roads as well.the fog city certainly the fog city roads as well.the fog city certain

more than 100,000 people in alameda county are getting benefits and another federal program at risk as the women infants and children national nutrition program that promotes healthy eating for low-income parents who have children under the age of 5 years old. >>> san jose police are suspect searching for suspects. it was shot saturday inside her east san jose home. so far, police have very little information about suspects or emotive. neighbors describekind gentle and they are stunned. >> why would someone do this? >> i don't know what happened. there good family. >> if you have any information, you are asked to call san jose police are use the police anonymous tips line. >>> the time is 4:05. happening today, san francisco business that was badly damaged last year in a major fire is now reopening in a new location. the hardware store used to be a in this neighborhood, but the roof collapsed as the flames raced through the attic that it shared with the grocery store, news stand and a beauty salon. no one was hurt, but all of the businesses had major damage. this morning 11:00, the fir

housing donations from the alameda county community food bank...ng meals for federal employees who are currently furloughed or working without pay.michael altfest/accfb- "the hundred bags that we delivered today is about 700 pounds of food." and, it's the third delivery made by the food bank at the airport since monday.michael altfest/accfb- "we realize, there are, you know, a lot of federal employees out there right now that are not receiving paychecks and we want to make sure that they don't have to sacrifice food just because of that." through the shutdown -- the t-s-a says it is managing through sick calls. david von have seen slight increases, but nothing that's impacted operations." and, the airport says it will continue to work with and other agencies reaching out to help out.keonnis taylor/airport- "we're really this environment of gratitude for them." the food bank says it intends to keep making deliveries through the duration of the partial shutdown. in oakland, philippe djegal, kron four news. (pam) a major winter storm is blasting throu

the third made by the alameda county community food bank here this week.michael altfest/accfb- "turns out, they got a few hundred employees who needed assistance because they're not getting paid." more than 450 transportion security administration employees keeping the aiport secure... are either furloughed -- or, working without pay like airport federal security director for the t-s-a, david von damm (dom).david von damm/tsa- "i am and so is the tsa administrator himself. um, everybody in tsa is affected by this -- by this furlough period." on friday, the food bank continued to fill the t-s-a breakroom, turned temporary pantry with food and fresh produce for employees to take with them.nats- "i took one yesterday." this delivery alone exceeded 700 pounds of food.michael altfest/accfb- "we are prepared to do this work as long as the federal workers need our assistance." and, these federal employees can really use the help... now, that this partial government shutdown has reached 28 days. they've gone without multiple paychecks.david von damm/tsa- "i could not be more pleased or impres

the alameda county food bank sinister delivery tfederal workers.early hit on the food bank's annual budget. >> we are an emergency response organization. there are thousands of workers in alameda county alone that are not getting paid. >> reporter: tsa's oakland airport director just like all of his staff of 450 is working without pay. with no significant uptick in sick calls. >> i could not be more pleased or impressed with our community, the port of oakland, the outrage has been phenomenal. they have stepped up in their own way, free lunches, recognition findings, even passengers. >> reporter: this is the staff >> a spokeswoman says the airport has placed collection bins in public areas for anyone wishing to help out. >> the effort we wanted to foster an environment of appreciation for the federal workers who come to oakland international every day despite the shut down. >> reporter: if you taking a trip out, pick up some food, nonperishable food and put it in the buckets before you enter the security lines. that way you will be doing a lot of go

she was the district attorney of san francisco, and she began her career in the alameda county district attorney's office. check out this tweet her national campaign manager put out "in the first 30 minutes after she announced she was running for president, kamala harris received individual online contributions from all 50 states." so clearly a lot of enthusiasm early. we'll see whether or not she can get name recognition across the country. she will talk at howard university this morning we'll bring you what she has to say. >>> capitol hill, it's day 31 without a paycheck for workers as the shutdown lingers on. over the weekend, president trump offered a deal to reopen the government. democrats have already rejected it. "today in the bay's" tracie potts explains why. >> reporter: president trump's offer to reopen the government goes up for a vote in the senate tomorrow. >> this bill would reopen the government. >> reporter: he's offering temporary protection for 1 million immigrants, refugees, and dreamers, those brought here illegally as children. in exchange for $5.7 billion for the

and there's new information about a body found at an alameda county landfill. investigators have discovered the body is that of a woman and was transferred from one spot to another before being dropped off at the landfill. investigators are now narrowing down where the garbage truck picked her up. >> reporter: a woman's body, found among the rotting food and yard trimmings at the altamonte landfill. >> we immediately confirmed it was a beg, in amongst the compost. >> a waste management worker was scooping up material, when he made the grisly discovery on new year's eve. >> a very astute worker of the waste management landfill, noticed an anomaly in they de bree field. >> the badly decomposed remains of a woman. but it might take time to identify her or determine cause of death. these is not a case where someone fell asleep into a dumpster and got loaded into a dump truck. >> reporter: the woman's death is considered suspicious. although she could have been killed, investigators are looking into every possible scenario. >> we have to look at, is this a case wher

and, they don't intend on just abandoning the existing oakland-alameda county coliseum site. instead, they want to redevelop the 140 acre lot... creating a 50-acre community park and green space, connecting to several east oakland neighborhoods.dave kaval/president- "theres housing, retail. yes, each individual digit, as we call it, which are the developable areas, includes things like housing, affordable housing, grocery stores, locations for small businesses to these different neighborhoods as they will be established will really be the beating heart of this area and it'll be all adjacent to this amazing park." kaval says he is still working with the city of oakland and alameda county, which jointly own the coliseum site... to work out a land deal this year, to either purchase or lease the property. oakland vice mayor larry reid has been a part of those talks.larry reid/vice mayor- "whats more important than anything else is that we have franchise, a professional sport franchise that wants to stay here in oakland. and, so it is incumbant upon both the city and the county to

of homelessness in alameda county. who is out there and whether housing history is and their health history so we can design programs that respond to their needs. >> counties are required by the federal government to conduct a homeless count in order to qualify for a system programs. volunteers met in antioch where they looked for sheltered and and sheltered people in need of permanent housing. contra costa county conducts a homeless count every year. there were 2200 homeless back in 2018. >>> a bipartisan congressional committee held its first meeting on border security in washington today. democrats continued to reject trump's demand for money for a border wall. that led to the partial government shutdown which ended last friday after the president agreed to a short-term budget resolution. the trump administration has failed to show how barriers are more cost-effective than tech knowledge he and personnel. >> we support effective 21st- century and evidence-based border security. >> i believe we need a physical barrier

every two years for the last count of 2017 found through more than 5600 most people living in alameda county. city and county leaders we spoke with say they are concerned the number has likely gone up in the past two years. >> i do expect to see higher numbers. i expect to continue to see people talk to behind bushes and places you would not necessarily look. the training that we have received is to make sure we count everyone. >> think it is always good. anybody who is willing to help with these people, how could anyone complain? thank god for food banks and things like that to teach everyone a keeps in his mobile in west oakland for the past month. he said he works as a carpenter but cannot afford rent in san francisco where he was living previously. he decided to move here west oakland to be in her friends and living a vehicle. to discounted the requirement of the federal government so the county can get money for housing assistance programs. it was announced over the weekend alameda county did receive $33.5 million from the federal government from the department of housing and urban deve

. >>> hundreds of volunteers fanned out across alameda county to help count the number of people living without shelter. we followed the group in oakland where the work to count the local homeless population started before sunrise. >> we are covering this have first and then that half second >> reporter: block by block and group by group volunteers campus streets before sunrise and count every person living without shelter. more than 600 volunteers started at 5:00 this morning and navigated city streets and neighborhoods with homeless guides. people who have experienced homelessness before. >> i felt good about it. i like that everybody's trying to do something about the homeless situation. >> we need to understand the scale of homelessness in alameda county. who is out there and what their housing history is and their health history, so we can design programs that respond to their needs. four this homeless census is done every two years. in 2017 there were 1500 homeless people. this must be done in order to apply for grants. anita has been homeless before and hasn't had much luck with

the alameda county food bafrpg $273,000 behind its cost. the contra costa food down $250,000. >> it is a huge shortfall and we need the community support right now more than ever. help us fill this fundraising gap so we can continue to provide these critical services to the people that we serve all throughout our community. >> you know, they've been helping people of butte county after the fire, too. >> of course. >> so the need is great. the alameda county community food bank like so many others locally generates half to two-thirds of the annual fundraising during the holidays. this is the time they hope to count you and the generous people out there. >> absolutely. only makes m toe g diffehe food ndreds ofhousands ofting paid. coming up next, a look at when lawmakers will get back to work and what will be different when they do. >>> plus, approaching a mystery . so we don't want you to pay one cent more than you need to for health care. at covered california, you can get health insurance at a lower cost. in fact, enrollees pay an average

oakland mayor libby schaff and alameda county supervisor wilma chan are participating in the count ... which is taken every two years. according to county officials ... it determines how much federal money east bay cities will receive to provide the horymele) hundr teachers and supporters hey say... is their fair sf ren do in education funds. organizers say... the money would keep teachers in the classroom and schools running. rally leaders say... their action is the culmination of online petitions... as well as discussions with stakeholder groups. they are all urging the city's elected leaders to stand with san francisco public schools... by providing 60- million dollars from the education fund to the school district. ( james ) in the east bay.... a school strike could also be on the horizon. members of the oakland education association are voting on whether the teachers will walk off the job. the vote comes after the school board voted to close oakland's roots international academy. as many as 24 schools are in jeopardy of closing... the district says that's because of budget concer

the alameda county food bank, $273,000 behind its gold and contank>>s h shortfall and we really need community support more than ever to help us fill this fund-raising gap so we can continue to provide critical services to the people we serve all throughout our community. >> the alameda county community food bank, like so many others locally, typically generate half to two-thirds of its annual fund-raising during the holidays. they're asking for a little more help this holiday season. >>> coming up at 5:30, we are tracking breaking news. two overnight house fires. matt keller as well as amy hollyfield are live at the two different scenes with the very latest. >>> also ahead, ringing in the new year. if you slept through the start of 2019, we will show you the celebrations all over the bay area. >>> let's take a live look outside on this tuesday morning, the start of 2019, january 1st. it is beautiful in downtown san francisco. it's the >>> thousands gathered to ring in the new year in san francisco and all over the bay area. this is video of the midnight fireworks along the water fro

today, alameda county supervisor will hold a news conference about how alameda county is affected by the she says there is early februar she says that more than 100,000 people in alameda county are getting benefits and another federal program at risk is the women, infants, ants who have children under the age of five back. >>> a san jose high school teacher is in jail, arrested and accused of inappropriate sexual contact with the student. ricardo chavarria of san jose was arrested at pioneer high school where he was teaching spanish. the alleged victim was a 17- year-old female student. investigators tell us that the alleged sexual contact happened last year in november and december. a spokeswoman for the san jose unified school district said that he will not be rehired in any capacity. >>> senate san jose police are shooting so far, police have very little information about suspects or a motive, but neighbors describe ms. santiago as being kind and gentle and they are stunned. >> why would somebody do this? >> i don't know what happened. they are good family. >> if you have any info

it is certainly upset about this all. in alameda county terisa estacio the district attorney is stilleviewing the case. in the meantime, alma's attorney says all of this has been a bit overwhelming for the 19 year old who has no criminal record. ( james ) still ahead on the kron 4 morning news.. ... a tree falls at u-c berkeley killing a man. what university officials are doing to make sure it doesn't happen again. ( james ) plus, the unsual thing a man was caught on camera doing while trespassing. commercialá)(áábreakáá) (james)( darya ) welcome back. let's get a check of the weather this morning... today will begin dry but showers will continue to approach the bay into the afternoon resulting in rainfall for the evening commute. daytime highs will remain comfortable in the upper 50's and low 60's before a cool, rainy and windy evening tonight. showers will gradually clear through wednesday morning before clearing skies late in the day. no major hot no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. winners and losers with our financial expert rob black los

possibly from the northwest part of alameda county. you have a body show up at a landfill, something went wrong somewhere"she's from the northwest part of alameda county, went from the san leandro waste management transfer station, went through that, it was loaded into a landfill truck.">( darya ) after looking at the evidence they have ... the sheriff's office says they are treating the investigation as a homicide. (james) in the north bay ... the daughter of an 87-year-old woman says her mother was abused at a medical facility in napa. this is 87 year old vivian yocum. her daughter, lori reed says that in this picture she has diaper rash creme on her lips. its one of a number of reasons why reed says she is suing the napa valley care center for elder abuse. yocum was hospitalized last year after getting pnemonia and then sepsis. and since then, her daughter claims that hospital staff have been negiligent. < feel like if i'm not there every day they just don't care and like i said it's hard to even talk about because it's bee